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Characterization and application of superhydrophobic and superoleophilic OTS-LDH/melamine sponge

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The n-octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) had been coated onto the layered double hydroxides (LDH), and the resultant composite of OTS-LDH was further loaded on the surface of melamine sponge by a soaking method to obtain the OTS-LDH/melamine sponge for efficient oil adsorption in this work. The surface chemical compositions of the OTS-LDH/sponge and its precursors were characterized by EDS, XPS, and FTIR. The results from EDS, XPS, and FTIR showed that the OTS had been successfully coated on LDH. The surface morphologies from SEM for the melamine sponge before and after modification illuminated that the surface skeleton of the OTS-LDH/sponge took a rough micro-nanostructure, and the surface had been loaded with the low surface energy material of OTS, which made the OTS-LDH/sponge display the superhydrophobic properties. The experiments of oil–water separation proved that the OTS-LDH/sponge took an excellent oil–water efficiency, and the modified sponge still took the better oil–water separation performance with an oil adsorption capacity of 13.7–21.1 times of the mass of the pristine sponge even after undergoing repeated extrusion for 60 times during the repeated cycle test.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the financial supports of the professorial and doctoral scientific research foundation of Huizhou University (Grant No. 2018JB001) and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Grant No. 2017A030313080).

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  2. Glorious Sun Guangdong School of Fashion, Huizhou University, Huizhou, 516007, Guangdong, China

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Lin, B., Zheng, C., Li, X. et al. Characterization and application of superhydrophobic and superoleophilic OTS-LDH/melamine sponge. J Therm Anal Calorim 147, 1031–1040 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-020-10456-w

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